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House Democratic leadership paired with the Republican minority to put down Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie’s efforts to force lawmakers to put their vote on the record. | T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images

IT WAS A BIT OF A BUMPY LANDING, but the House passed a historic $2 trillion emergency relief package today to help the shell-shocked economy recover from the coronavirus.

THE BILL will now go to President DONALD TRUMP, who has said he will sign it immediately.

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BUT GOVERNING IN AMERICA is rarely smooth. It’s often quite messy. Minutes ago, House Democratic leadership paired with the Republican minority to put down Kentucky GOP Rep. THOMAS MASSIE’S efforts to force lawmakers to put their vote on the record. House rules mandate that a request for a recorded vote have the support of one-fifth of those present, and leadership made sure that didn’t happen. Part of the fear is that lawmakers who were unable to get to Washington would face criticism for missing the vote. The effort passed by voice vote.More from Heather Caygle and Sarah Ferris

MASSIE -- a libertarian who is seen as a gadfly by his colleagues -- called TRUMP this morning. The president sent a triooftweets lambasting Massie and calling on him to be kicked out of the party.

--MASSIE TO WAPO’S MIKE DEBONIS: “In an interview Thursday, Massie disclaimed responsibility for forcing members back to Washington, arguing that House leaders should have adhered to the letter of the Constitution and chamber rules.

“‘I am wholly rejecting the notion that I am the culpable one because I am insisting on the rules,’ he said, adding, in a reference to the top House Republican, ‘Why aren’t you indicting Kevin McCarthy for conspiracy to circumvent the Constitution?’”

BTW: The rules indicate that they can indeed sidestep a recorded vote.

CHARLIE COOPER with the latest from London on British PM BORIS JOHNSON testing positive for COVID-19: “Johnson received his positive test result just hours after he was seen standing outside No. 10 Downing Street clapping in support of health workers, alongside — though more than 2 meters away from — Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

“Shortly after Johnson’s announcement, Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who had been expected to give a press conference in Westminster this evening, also said he had tested positive for the virus and would be self-isolating at home for a week.” POLITICO Europe

ON THURSDAY, TRUMP downplayed the need for tens of thousands of ventilators. Last night, the NYT reported that his administration balked at the $1 billion price tag for a deal with General Motors to produce up to 80,000 ventilators.

-- BUT NOW TRUMP is on the hunt! … @realDonaldTrump at 11:16 a.m.: “As usual with ‘this’ General Motors, things just never seem to work out. They said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed Ventilators, ‘very quickly’. Now they are saying it will only be 6000, in late April, and they want top dollar. Always a mess with Mary B. Invoke ‘P’.”

… at 11:23 a.m.: “General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant in Ohio, or some other plant, and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!! FORD, GET GOING ON VENTILATORS, FAST!!!!!! @GeneralMotors @Ford”

… at 11:29 a.m.: “Invoke ‘P’ means Defense Production Act!”

… at 11:31 a.m.: “We have just purchased many Ventilators from some wonderful companies. Names and numbers will be announced later today!”More on this from Gavin Bade

Good Friday afternoon.

THE TRUMP HOTEL confirmed to us that it will not be hosting its big Easter brunch next month. So everyone can calm down about that.

“For each decision, Mnuchin will find himself on a tight leash, under constant scrutiny by Democrats, Republicans, a new inspector general, a new congressional oversight panel, as well as Trump.”

THE VIRUS IMPACT -- “State Department FOIA work crippled by virus precautions,” by Josh Gerstein: “The State Department’s processing of records for public release under the federal government’s best-known transparency law—the Freedom of Information Act—has ground to a virtual halt due to work changes aimed at quelling the coronavirus pandemic, according to an agency official.

“State Department official Eric Stein said in a formal court declaration this week that the unusual system the agency relies upon for line-by-line review of requested documents has been hit hard by the shift to telework as a means of reducing the number of people in federal offices. Unlike most federal agencies, State taps retired employees—in its case, retired Foreign Service officers—to handle the painstaking task.” POLITICO

-- AP: “Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fears,” by Michael Balsamo and Michael Sisak: “When a federal correction officer geared up for duty recently at a Florida prison complex, he added an N95 mask amid coronavirus fears. He has a sister who had an organ transplant and an elderly mother at home. But a supervisor ordered him to take it off and threatened disciplinary action if he refused. At other federal prisons, though, he would have been told to wear one. Rules on protective gear vary widely from prison to prison.

“And inmates say there is little guidance on what to do if they experience flu-like symptoms and very little social distancing. Some who have symptoms are not tested. Together, these accounts detail a scattershot policy on COVID-19 safety at the federal Bureau of Prisons amid the growing pandemic. Advocates and even prison guards are calling for reforms to head off a potential outbreak in a prison system plagued for years by violence, misconduct and staffing shortages.” AP

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PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION -- “D.C. to cut back in-person primary voting, encourage mail-in ballots amid coronavirus outbreak,” by PBS NewsHour’s Yamiche Alcindor: “The city will go from 144 precincts for in-person voting on primary day to just 20. There will be 11 days of early voting, beginning May 22 through the June 2 primary. The city also hopes to expand the number of early voting centers during this time, from 15 to 20 sites.” PBS NewsHour

HOT IN OUTER TRUMPWORLD -- “A far-right rallying cry: Older Americans should volunteer to work,” by Tina Nguyen: “Forget ‘15 days to slow the spread.’ A growing chorus of conservatives have started arguing that older adults should voluntarily return to work to save the country from financial ruin. Call it ‘economic patriotism.’

“The proposal has taken root in some conservative circles, filtering up from far-right websites to radio pundits to a few prominent politicians to, finally, Fox News. To its proponents, the approach is merely the cold reality that the country needs to avoid another Great Depression. To its detractors, it’s like a battlefield cry to offer up your own life for the sake of the gross domestic product. To health professionals, it’s a recipe for extending the coronavirus pandemic.” POLITICO

BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- “Appeals grow to close U.S. national parks during pandemic,” by AP’s Ellen Knickmeyer, Felicia Fonseca and Travis Loller: “The Trump administration is sticking with its crowd-friendly waiver of entrance fees at national parks during the coronavirus pandemic, as managers at some parks try and fail to keep visitors a safe distance apart and communities appeal for a shutdown at other parks that are still open.

“While the Interior Department agreed this week to requests from local managers of Yellowstone and some other iconic national parks to close, others remained open and newly free of charge. In Arizona, local governments and the Navajo Nation were waiting for an answer Thursday on their request earlier this week for federal officials to shut down Grand Canyon National Park as cases of the coronavirus grow in surrounding areas.” AP

DEPT. OF UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES -- “Cannabis finds its moment amid coronavirus outbreak,” by Natalie Fertig, Mona Zhang and Paul Demko: “Marijuana sales are booming, with some states seeing 20 percent spikes in sales as anxious Americans prepare to be hunkered down in their homes potentially for months. Weed sellers are staffing up too, hiring laid-off workers from other industries to meet demand. And in the midst of a historic market meltdown, stock prices for cannabis companies have surged, in some cases doubling since the public health crisis began. …

“Nearly all of the 33 states with legal medical or recreational markets have classified marijuana businesses as an essential service, allowing them to remain open … Weed shops are essentially being treated the same as pharmacies, reflecting a dramatic shift in cultural perceptions about the drug … Concerns about whether smoking pot is the smartest response to a pandemic that’s causing severe lung injuries in tens of thousands of Americans have been largely drowned out.” POLITICO

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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION -- “Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Find Opposition Within: Staff Scientists,” by NYT’s Coral Davenport: “[S]cientists and lawyers inside the federal government have embedded statistics and data in regulatory documents that make the rules vulnerable to legal challenges. These facts, often in the technical supporting documents, may hand ammunition to environmental lawyers working to block the president’s policies.

“Trump administration loyalists see in the scientists’ efforts evidence that a cabal of bureaucrats and holdovers from previous administrations is intentionally undermining the president and his policies. … But current and former federal employees who work on environmental science and policy say their efforts to include these facts are a civic and professional duty, done to ensure that science informs policy outcomes and protects the public. Some are trying to preserve regulations they spent years of their lives writing.” NYT

TRANSITIONS -- Patrick Raffaniello and Timothy Hanford are now partners at Capitol Counsel. They previously worked together at Raffaniello & Associates. Raffaniello also played golf last week with Sen. RAND PAUL (R-Ky.) at RTJ and is in quarantine for the time being.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Amber Moon, policy comms and engagement strategist at Facebook, and Byron Mills, who works at Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, last week welcomed Jacob Allen Mills. He joins big brother Wesley. Pic

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